1. لْكَ
loka m. (connected with roka; in the oldest texts loka is generally preceded by u, which accord. to the Padap. = the particle 3. u; but u may be a prefixed vowel and uloka, a collateral dialectic form of loka; accord. to others uloka is abridged from uru or avaloka), free or open space, room, place, scope, free motion, RV. ; AV. ; Br. ; ĀśvŚr. ( acc. with √ kṛ or √ dā or anunī, ‘to make room, grant freedom’; loke with gen. ‘instead of’)
2. لْكَ
the wide space or world (either ‘the universe’ or ‘any division of it’, esp. ‘the sky or heaven’; 3 Loka s are commonly enumerated, viz. heaven, earth, and the atmosphere or lower regions; sometimes only the first two; but a fuller classification gives 7 worlds, viz. Bhūr - l˚ , the earth; Bhuvar - l˚ , the space between the earth and sun inhabited by Muni s, Siddha s &c.; Svarloka , Indra 's heaven above the sun or between it and the polar star; Maharloka , a region above the polar star and inhabited by Bhṛgu and other saints who survive the destruction of the 3 lower worlds; Janarloka , inhabited by Brahmā 's son Sanat-kumāra &c.; Tapar-loka , inh˚ by deified Vairāgin s; Satya-loka or Brahma - l˚ , abode of Brahmā , translation to which exempts from rebirth ; elsewhere these 7 worlds are described as earth, sky, heaven, middle region, place of re-births, mansion of the blest, and abode of truth; sometimes 14 worlds are mentioned, viz. the 7 above, and 7 lower regions called in the order of their descent below the earth — A-tala , Vi-tala , Su-tala , Rasā-tala , Talā-tala , Mahā-tala , and Pātāla ; cf. RTL. 102 n. 1 ; IW. 420, 1 ; 435, 1 ), AV. &c. &c.
3. لْكَ
the earth or world of human beings &c., Mn. ; MBh. &c. (ayaṃlokaḥ, ‘this world’; asau or parolokaḥ, ‘that or the other world’; loke or ihaloke, ‘here on earth’, opp. to paratra, paraloke &c.; kṛtsneloke, ‘on the whole earth’)